Describing something as average is typically innocuous. But sometimes it can be deceiving. Take a look at the definition of average and you'll see a typical amount , or common , ordinary . When it comes to numbers and data it is also tied to what is called the arithmetic mean (sometimes just mean for short) -- which is adding up a bunch of values and dividing by the number of values you have. Key questions here: When are these ideas in alignment and when does it fail? To help get to the bottom of this, at least from a statistical point of view, is to first talk about resistant statistics -- which are summarizations of data that are not highly influenced by individual values. Let's also have a quick reminder of the median or value that splits the data set into an upper and lower half when the data is ordered. The mean of a data set is not resistant to extreme values, while the median is, and we'll look into why this is the case and what this has to
The center of the Venn Diagram for Math, Sports, and Fun!